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10 Dec 2016 5:36:49am

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I can't believe how many of the comments claim this report was biased. Do people really think that the information in the 5,500 scientific papers reviewed by the NHMRC have been misreported? The WHO classifies water fluoride as one of the greatest health achievements of last century because it has reduced so much tooth decay. This program reported the scientific facts, it was not biased in any way.

To those of you still claiming that fluoride is a poison, it is such a poor argument. Water is also a poison if consumed in high enough doses. Water in Australia is fluoridated to 1ppm and since the toxic dose of fluoride is 5mg/kg, you would need to drink 5L of water for every kg you weigh to suffer from fluoride toxicity. Indeed the water would kill you first. Please develops some critical thinking skills because these kinds of poor arguments are impacting on people's health. It is well known that Queenslanders have the worst oral health in the country and it's pretty obvious why.

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